RUS 493
"African-American Literary Ties to
Russian Intellectual Thought"
URL: http://www.uncg.edu/gar/courses/ahern/syllabus.htm
Discussion Forum GuidelinesCommunicating "over the miles"

Because the course will involve students at two different institutions in two different nations, communicating "electronically" may prove to be the most convenient way to  "talk long distance." E-mail,  with the instructor and your classmates, and a "threaded discussion forum" provide two electronic means to share with each other:

  1. The alphabetical class roster lists the names and e-mail addresses of your instructor and fellow students. Use this when you need to communicate to an individual.
  2. For group communications, use the class discussion forum. The forum will allow both the instructor and students to have ongoing dialogs.

    3. RUS 493 has a "threaded discussion forum," which allows students and instructors to share ideas using the Web's hypertext capabilities. The discussion forum links messages by subject. Thus, all messages on one topic are grouped together, allowing users to follow connected threads of thought.  Topic threads may be of your own chosing or suggested by the instructor.

    To start your own subject thread/topic, you fill in an on-line form and click a "Submit Message" button. When you submit, the forum writes and links your message. Others may read your message by clicking on it, and readers can post followup messages/comments.
     
    To respond to a thread posted by your instructor, click on the message and read it. Select the "Post Followup" option and fill in your name and message in the online form. Click the "Submit Followup" button to post your comment. Note: Followups (as seen below in red) are indented under the original message.

    Sample Discussion Forum
     

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    Posted by Tracy Farrington on April 27, 1998 at 10:51:05:

     Last year in Ethics, we had a discussion on the Forum about how SLPA's who have their Bachelor's degree must go back to school for two years at a Community College just to become a speech language assistant. Our feeling was that years of service or a BS degree should qualify someone to at the very least be an assistant. Recently, in an ASHA publication, I read that ASHA has approved a bill to allow those with their BS degree to become assistants without the addition training. It also mentioned that that has yet to be approved by the States. What do you think? (my two cents - I think it's a great idea)  

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